Magistrates decided the best course of action was to hand her a 12-month conditional discharge, rather than a prison sentence.

It means she will not be sentenced for the heroin offence, unless a further crime is committed.

The court heard how Jordan was stopped and searched by police at the rear of Poundstretcher at Saltergate, Chesterfield.

Chesterfield Magistrates court (Image: Daily Mirror)

Prosecuting solicitor Katie Hamill said: “They had stopped a vehicle and noticed a female passenger concealing a small item in her clothing and she was searched under the Misuse of Drugs Act and she was asked if she had any items.”

Miss Hamill said Jordon admitted to police she had drugs under her clothing. Officers found heroin which was tested and found to be class A drug diamorphine.

The defendant, who has previous drug offences, admitted possessing the heroin for her own personal use after the incident on July 8 and she accepted that she has an addiction.

Jordan, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to possessing 0.16 grammes of heroin which has a street value of about £10.

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Defence solicitor Karl Meakin said Jordan was recently convicted at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on August 9 for possessing a class B drug and was sentenced to one day’s detention.

He argued that had the July 8 heroin offence been dealt with in Nottingham at the same time as the class B drug offence it would not have had a material difference on the sentence.

Mr Meakin added: “She has expressed distress that it is going to be her 40th birthday and she knows she cannot carry on like she has been doing because she might not be seeing many more of them because she is unwell and it is an unsustainable lifestyle.”